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[G1 Android Development] viccyran:
you might want to see if it's visible in recovery.. use gparted, if you can see it there's still hope. your table might have been written incorrectly, try mktable (i forget the exact command just look into it) and make it msdos, it might work

and if you can get into recovery your phone isnt gone
[G1 Android Development] Erickomen27:
Hmm I Was Trying To Update The Radio And SPL And Idk What happen?

But Something Happened And I Couldn't Get Past The G1 Boot Screen

So I Decided To Go Into Recovery Mode And Wipe But I Can't Get Into It?

I Can't Even Get Into The Other Recovery Mode (With The Camera Button) Is It Bricked?
[G1 Android Development] prettyboy85712:
If you can't get into recovery then call it a day. You're bricked.
[G1 Android Development] Erickomen27:
Fukkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

:(
[G1 Android Development] fabioccoelho:
G1 - Bricked (Continental European - Germany)

Hi all, i have a big problem.

I try update my hardspl and my phone has bricked. Somebory know as recovery ? Please, i need....

The keys Camera + Power Button and Home + Power Button not work and my phone frezze on boot loader.

Regards.

:(
[G1 Android Development] dman977:
If you have bricked your phone by flashing the Hard-SPL before the Radio, then you have a brick. Your computer will not recognize the G1, key-presses are unresponsive, and you can get nowhere past the G1 splash screen.

Sorry guys, your phone is bricked. Some people are working on a JTAG solution, which seems to be the best solution so far. The only problem is information on the Dream is not available from HTC. We can revive our G1s once the schematics are released, and software acquired.

A solution is coming, just sit tight and keep your fingers crossed.
[G1 Android Development] fabioccoelho:
Ok man, i understand..... so my fingers are crossed´s.

:(

Regards.
[G1 Android Development] lelandspencer:
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Chalk another one up to the "Idiot who flashed the SPL before the radio" board.
[G1 Android Development] Snakebear:
I'm getting stuck on the G1 screen (splash screen?). I tried a wipe and to install a different rom. When I go to install any rom from recovery mode I get "Can't open sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory)". Yes, I renamed the file to update.zip and yes, I copied it to the root of the SD card. I was following the steps found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=535232&page=5 . Everything seemed to go smoothly until it was time to flash the rom. I rooted and did the SPL stuff months ago and installed a JF rom which worked fine but now after this I can't use my phone, please help!
[G1 Android Development] Snakebear:
nevermind figured it out.
[G1 Android Development] B-Eazy:
if you can get to the recovery screen you should be fine. Sometimes you have to rename your update.zip again. Make sure when you name it just says 'update' and not 'update.zip' if its already a zip file
[G1 Android Development] danvvc:
im new to the dream but not this forum, ive been flashing Kasier roms for a little while now. ive tried many different searches but cant find a similar enough issue.

can a phone be semi-bricked???? :confused:

I am one of those IDIOTS that thought he had read al the info needed and found a guide that didnt mention updating the radio first :rolleyes:

i used this link to root, spl, and load a rom. (i used JF's 1.51).

all went through fine no error messages, everything happened as per the guide. except when it got onto the home page it rebooted after about 30 seconds.

and basically has been rebooting since, it has got onto the home screen twice since, but most boots just give me a black screen with the keys illuminated. i have several times got onto the SPL screen (thats the skateboard one?) but that restarted after about fifteen seconds on its own!!

so i couldnt do the ADB process.

i cant get to the recovery screen at all.
[G1 Android Development] danvvc:
sorry to double post.

have left it off for 30mins or so (with the battery out) and when i reassembled it i had been able to get into the recovery mode (home+pwr). Although it still restarted itself?

i wasnt able to reload an older rom (i didnt expect it to work, and hadnt got one ready).

is this just HW failure????
[G1 Android Development] miketaylor00:
If you can get into the SPL, you aren't bricked. I agree with the guy above me. Take the battery out for a while and see if that helps. Try putting the Dreaming file on the root of you SD card. Then go into the SPL and see if you can get it to run from there before it resets itself. 15 seconds should be enough to get it started. If it reboots itself anyway, you have something else going on. Probably a hardware issue.
[G1 Android Development] danvvc:
yeah. i decided to leave the battery out for a cpl of hours and i got it to stay on the recovery screen long enough to reflash everything in the right order. radio>spl>rom

having rom issues, but thats fine, as long as its not bricked..

thanks for your ears guys.

i'll try and chip in with help as my knowledge of android grows.
[G1 Android Development] deathdude4044:
Agh! I feel pretty dumb but i think i have really screwed up my phone! After hearing about all the amazing things i could do if i rooted my phone i researched (albeit very little) into it and found this http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2009/08/...k-in-progress/ however when i tried it for myself i must have screwed up somewhere and now my phone is stuck at the G1 screen i can boot into recovery mode but that doesn't really do much please help if you can! Also every time i try to install a different rom it'll usually say something about no signature verification failed installation failed...please help....
[G1 Android Development] :
If you can get in to the bootloader/SPL (hold camera+camera when the phone is off) then you will be able to fully recover. Just follow the guide to root your dream by downgrading to RC29. This will downgrade your radio, so you need to update that before flashing a ROM.
[G1 Android Development] Banr:
need help!!

Hi I'm new in here...I have HTC dream from Rogers Canada...I got it a couple months ago

I just tried to root it..and worked fine, but the dialer didn't work

I couldn't call, just receive calls..so I tried to un-root it

but suddenly it stopped working...every time I turn it of

it keep the Rogers startup and stays that way

I really don't know what to do...if anyone have any solution..I really need it fast

I'm new in these stuff, so if anyone can explain in little extra details I'll be thankful

sorry for the trouble and thanx
[G1 Android Development] Banr:
nevermind....it finally worked
[G1 Android Development] garcia8479:
newb

please vdelete
[G1 Android Development] garcia8479:
newb

:(:(

so i tried to root my phone, using this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533731&highlight=rooting

i failed miserabley, now it does is try and update and says update terminate, update fail....plz help i dont know what to do? is it bricked?
[G1 Android Development] locojoker:
G1 keeps soft resetting...

Just got a G1, it came with the RC30 and i wanted/needed to get the phone to work with out a Sim Card. The post i was following said i needed RC29, so i found post that showed how to flash to RC29... Everything said it went great and after the phone came back up to the No Sim Card screen it will now either freeze and soft reset after a couple seconds or if i hit any key it will soft reset. sometimes i am able to get it to respond to the end key and shutdown if i press it right away, but if i wait to long it will either freeze or soft reset...

what to do??

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] clefky10:
You need to give more information... but no that is not bricked. Answer how you failed miserably to start off.
[G1 Android Development] locojoker:
Still in a bad spot

I tried reflashin many times... i also tried wiping the phone a couple times with no luck... from reading many posts i dont think i bricked it as i can get past the G1 logo and i can still get to the bootloader... also sometimes when i am in the recovery mode if i dont do anything the phone will reset...

I also thought maybe it was going back to RC29 that broke it so i found a RC30 image and changed it to update.zip and ran that in the recovery console and still no luck, granted maybe it was actually at RC33 so i should run that update? i know it was RC30+ becuase when i first got the phone it would not reboot with <enter>reboot<enter>. i am running out of things to try... Does anyone have any tips or suggestions of where i should go from here?

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] nupagadi1:
I had CM 4.0.2 and all the sudden the phone froze up and wouldn't boot past the G1 screen.

Tried to flash to 4.0.4, 4.0.3 and 4.0.3.1 same all across. Tried one of JFs roms and that doesn't go past the ANDROID screen either.

Please help.
[G1 Android Development] pspitbull:
How is my phone bricked w/o rooting???!!!???!?!?!?!?

now this is extremely weird ... my phone wont turn on ... battery is fully charged from my other g1 (rooted dangerspld cyanogen daily updated roms and its not bricked) ... i tried camera+power i tried home + power and yes i tried just power ... i tried 3 different batterys ... and i get nothing =/ ... but heres the weirdest part this bricked phone IS NOT ROOTED ... the last thing i did was delete all threads in the messages folder it locked up froze and turned off never to be turned on again ... ive searched and searched and havent seen a similar problem ... its a bonestock tmobileg1 ... it did have alotta apps but still had space .... any feedback would be much apreciated
[G1 Android Development] ShatBag1105:
What version of android was this phone running? Was it 1.1 or cupcake? I remember something about 1.1 having problems mass deleting text messages... anyone remember this?
[G1 Android Development] pspitbull:
it was running cupcake
[G1 Android Development] cx92001:
did you remember to rename the file to update.zip? If yes, did you put this file to the root of your sd?
[G1 Android Development] pspitbull:
Bricking w/o rooting?!?!?

new developement now i insert a batttery and the buttons all light up but when i try to power on in anyway the 5 chin buttons and trackball lights dim and start to flicker ... n e ideas n e 1?
[G1 Android Development] fabioccoelho:
Do u try wipe your phone?

Hi, do u try wipe (alt + w) your phone in before flash in recovery mode?

If no, try this.

Regards.
[G1 Android Development] ProStreetCivic:
need help dont know if its bricked or not

Ok I bought a used g1 it was running stock 1.5 was working great the powered phone off then on and now it only goes right to the android recovery the only options it gives me are wipe(dids this like 20 times) appy update(it applys it then reboots right back to recovery) I can not get in to the rgb or skateboard sceen by camera and power I tried all I know I have a rooted g1 right now so I know some what of what I'm doing just. Need help with the used phone I just got thanks
[G1 Android Development] IanVaughan:
damn

stuck at white G1 logo.

holding camera or home when power up does nothing.

phone+menu+end doesnt reboot.

Followed Rooting RC29 and Lower

And "Next Steps", applied HardSPL "update.zip"

now have a brick!

What can I do?
[G1 Android Development] amzmalhotra:
Was Running Drizzy's White Champion hero v2 rom and suddenly my g1 turns itself off this morning!

I can't turn it back on! It is not working at all!

I think its an irrecoverable brick.

But I have a question: I wasn't flashing a new rom, radio, spl or anything and my g1 suddenly becomes a brick, what gives?
[G1 Android Development] :
What happens when you try power, home + power, camera + power when the phone is off. If nothing happens at all (No G1 splash screen or anything) then it's bricked. The fact that it turn itself off and (I'm assuming) won't turn on is due to hardware failure.
[G1 Android Development] Afirejar:
Sounds like it broke. That does happen, you know, mobile phones aren't actually indestructable.
[G1 Android Development] amzmalhotra:
Yep, I can't get into recovery that way. No signs of life in the phone.

Crap! Time to send it off to HTC AGAIN. I just got it back from HTC's repair centre 2 days ago after my qwerty keypad started playing up.

They must run diagnostics. Will they be able to see that I had flashed a Hero rom to it and therefore not repair it?
[G1 Android Development] IanVaughan:
Same as me, cant boot, only get "G1" boot logo, but cannot get bootloader!

Is there anything that can be done via software? I.e I have card reader, but what ever I put on it (update.zip, DREAIMG.nbh) doesnt register.

Or does one need to have connect it to a thingy that only HTC ppl have?

Ok if I cannot do anything : How does one send it off to HTC? Phone T-Mobile first? Does it cost?

Same question as amz, will HTC report that I've been hacking to T-Mobile.

Does that represent a problem in my T&C's?
[G1 Android Development] IanVaughan:
Do not phone tmo in the UK!

Many thanks to everyone's suggestion to call tmo, but if your in the UK do not bother!

They waste your time for half and hour reading through a generic reboot script, then then ask if you'd like a silver bag to posted to you for you to return the phone, or go into a tmo shop.

It would take a few days for the bag to come, which as far as I could see would be no different than get a tmo shop to send it that day.

They do not give ANY guarantee (on the phone or instore) that the phone will be replaced, just the generic speil that the phone will be inspected and if found to be at fault will be either fixed or replaced, if found to be tampered with etc, I could be charged.

On a plus side, the store guy didnt ask me what happened, so I didnt have to lie, he just took it. Just hope the engineer who looks at it (and who prob reads these forums!) just says "new phone"!
[G1 Android Development] tjsa:
found solution

Got the same here and found a great solution, book it in and have the main-board replaced. works like a charm because there is no way that the technical guys can detect that the SPL has been tampered with
[G1 Android Development] YoungJ030:
God bless this thread!!
[G1 Android Development] IanVaughan:
Just got my G1 phone back from tmob, took a little under THREE WEEKS!

And yes I got a "new phone", in the eyes of tmob, as I got a MAIN BOARD EXCHANGE. So the original case, bat, screen!

FYI : Version info

On power up :-

Model number : T-Mobile G1

Firmware version : 1.5

Baseband version : 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I

Kernel version : 2.6.27-00393-g6607056 san@sandroid #1

Build number : CRC1

Within 5 minutes, a System Update was ready :-

"Android Update 1.5 CRC37"

Now, do I do the update? (not a question for this thread! I'll research/post elsewhere)
[G1 Android Development] infernofalcon:
So I bricked.

So I tried flashing Haykuro's spl today, and now have a shiny brick.

A: Will a cardreader help me in any way?

B: Can I go to a tmobile store and get a free replacement?

C: If I return it, do I need to do anything to prevent them knowing I rooted it?

Thanks :)
[G1 Android Development] B-Eazy:
A: NO

B: NO ... at least not if you tell the truth

C: NO. If you have a real brick then they can't do anything to it either but reflash it
[G1 Android Development] infernofalcon:
How does 'the battery during a system update' sound?
[G1 Android Development] B-Eazy:
Sounds like a plan
[G1 Android Development] infernofalcon:
So is it confirmed that if I have the proper board, and I flash radio, then spl, that I will NOT brick?
[G1 Android Development] kimbot:
I tried updating the camera on my Rogers HTC Dream and after pressing back+home to reboot, the phone won't load past the Rogers logo. Is my phone bricked? Home+power and camera keys don't register. I was using this guide: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_hack_your_android_g1_phone?page=0,2
[G1 Android Development] djtw1st3r:
do u think u can find a solution for me then ?? im bricked to the point where i cant either go to recovery mode or neither spl mode i think is the name w.e the think is my g1 is bricked where i cant do anything im stock on the g1 screen do u know any solution for this if u do pls msg me or anybody who may be able to help me my phone is bricked to the point that i cant do nothing to get it back

:(
[G1 Android Development] mtkhalid:
i will try to be as detailed as possible. im coming from the kaiser community so go easy on me

when i had recieved the phone it would turn on go past the tmobile g1 screen and go into the recovery console. the console read. JF 1.41.

after reading around the best option i got was reverting everything back to factory settings.....and so i did. i installed the factory spl went back to rc29....then updated to rc 30 and installed the new cupcake.

everything was fine except for i couldnt get the phone activated given im an AT&T user.

this morning i finally recieved the unlock code from tmobile and when i turn the phone on with the att simcard, it gave me the triangle with the exclamation screen.

so i hit alt +l then alt w and after a reboot it would bring me back to the same screen. Also this recovery screen is diff from the jf 1.41 (im guessing this is the factory console).

now im out of ideas as to how to get this phone back in order. i would love flashing the DREAIMG.NBH but sadly my phone refuses to go in bootloader.

ive been trying to hold camera+ power and its jsut loads up the tmobile g1 screen.

any and all advice/helps are appreciated.

-thank you

EDIT:

so this is totally weird. i leave the phone unplugged with the battery out for about 3 hours. came back to work on it....turned it on and well it loaded and got me to the home screen ( no sim card ).

so i powered off the phone and inserted the AT&T simcard turn it on and it shows me the same screen again with the triangle and exclamation point.

how do u explain that ?!
[G1 Android Development] llxll0m3g4llxll:
This is easy and yes this is the stock recovery just flash rc29 again with the hboot by holding down power and camera load reboot and go to settings >about phone >system updates this will run u up todate with drc83 <i think thats it> any way doughnut my g1 is unlocked and i have used att$t<-----(not a typo). if this dose not work try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=532719 this adb guide could help
[G1 Android Development] mtkhalid:
well new update.

managed to get the phone activated with the att apn settings and got the phone activated. now i need to downgrade to rc29.

yes there are 10 million treads about it and i read them all. my concern is my phone wont go into bootloader. camera + power does me no good.

i do have adb setup and running fine now. is there a way i can force rc29 to my phone without using the "camera+ power" ?

also now that im finally able to get into the phone here is what the about phone reads :

firmware : 1.5

build # : crb43

baseband version: 62.50s.20.17h_2.22.19.26I

once again ur help and input is greatly appreciated.

just thought of this.......but every time i go to flash hspl in the recovery mode it says "no signature files, verification failed" ??? i figured maybe if i flash hspl itll let me enter the bootloader but still no luck.
[G1 Android Development] mtkhalid:
CASE CLOSED: well i was able to follow a few directions in the previous treads and well im running the cyanogen 4.1.999 rom now.

once again thank you for the help XDA.
[G1 Android Development] samethsom:
Ok, i've spent the last 8 hours trying to fix my phone....

what happened was i tried to upgrade to ra man's recovery, but when i flashed it, it says "error flashing recovery image".

so now, my phone goes into a bootloop, i have no recovery, and when i try to install cyanogen's recovery image via fastboot, it says "error:cannot load cm-recovery-1.4.img"

as of right now, i'm desperate!!!

any ideas guys please.......???
[G1 Android Development] samethsom:
Ok, i've spent the last 8 hours trying to fix my phone....

what happened was i tried to upgrade to ra man's recovery, but when i flashed it, it says "error flashing recovery image".

so now, my phone goes into a bootloop, i have no recovery, and when i try to install cyanogen's recovery image via fastboot, it says "error:cannot load cm-recovery-1.4.img"

now it's stuck at the bootlogo screen. as of right now, i'm desperate!!!

any ideas guys please.......???

p.s i can still enter bootloader mode, but not recovery.
[G1 Android Development] Lita:
Similar problem as most...I have a Canadian, Rogers HTC dream, which I currently changed into a SPL 1.33.2005 so that i could root it. I was following instructions but clearly did not work out well. After installing the update.zip from recovery, it went into reboot and did not go past the Rogers logo for a few hours (left it because apparently it takes a while). I gave up with that and whatever I boot it, it won't go past the Rogers logo. I can enter recovery mode and Hboot, nothing else. Any advice?
[G1 Android Development] raptoro07:
I have a g1 that I got from someone else. When powered on it comes to the rom update image of a box with arrow pointing to a phone. Cannot get fastboot, bootloader, or recovery. Nothing works. Phone not recognized in windows when on. I have read that if your phone displays an image it is not really bricked. Is this true? What can I do? If the person had a bad radio or spl flash would it cause this screen, or just be blank? What can cause this screen to be the one that comes up? Please help, am confused because all the other people have either g1 screen or t-mobile(or other provider screen). I've not read of people with this screen.
[G1 Android Development] gnunixguy:
Raptoro07, Hold down the home button when you power it on and see what comes up.
[G1 Android Development] raptoro07:
I'll give it a try. I'll give anything a try, but do you know if you really brick it can you still power on to some image? That's kind of what I am trying to find out also. I think it is bricked, but I am hopeing (probably in vain) that there is some solution.

Thanks for your sugestion.
[G1 Android Development] ace_ram:
Is my phone bricked? Can't get past the t-mob logo, but I can boot to recovery mode though..
[G1 Android Development] jf4888:
not bricked your in luck =]
[G1 Android Development] DatDereX1:
can't get past first tmobile G1 screen after flashing 1.33.2005 SPL from here http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/

tried holding camera + power and home + power but it just stays on that screen

is there anything I can do?
[G1 Android Development] pureimagination:
Hard Brick?

I have G1 with a cracked screen and would love to buy a hard bricked phone that is still cosmetically OK. Not sure exactly how much I would spend but willing to talk. Shoot me a pm if interested.

thanks,
[G1 Android Development] scooterbomb:
Same here...what do we do?! :(
[G1 Android Development] scooterbomb:
BTW...I've tried a data wipe and reflashing my ROM(CYAN 4.2.5 if I'm not mistaken) and nothing...still stuck on the G1 screen.
[G1 Android Development] RueTheDay:
Try downloading a different ROM (or re-downloading the one you have). It may be incomplete or corrupt.

Format the EXT3 partition on your SD card. Screwed up Apps2SD are well known to cause boot problems.
[G1 Android Development] scooterbomb:
Done both...tried down grading to the first 4.2 rom. nothing.

all ready have ext2 n 3 on my card. nada.
[G1 Android Development] simms22:
flash the adp 1.6 first , dont reboot , flash cm 4.2.5 , then reboot .
[G1 Android Development] simms22:
if you can get into recovery , you are NOT bricked . there is a solution .
[G1 Android Development] nastikincubus:
was running canyogen's 4.2.5 with recovery image 1.4 apps2sd, then yesterday the phone started acting up. now m stuck @ the second android screen and can't go into recovery, i can however go into fastboot.. i was wondering if anybody would be kind enough to lead me into the right direction (yes i did search the forums). any help would be much much appreciated thank you.